Kidnappers free mother of Nigeria Finance minister

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Nigeria's Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. 

The mother of Nigeria's Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released five days after she was kidnapped, Delta State governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has told the BBC.

 Kamene Okonjo, an 82-year-old retired professor, was seized from her home in southern Nigeria on Sunday.

 Kidnapping is common in southern Nigeria, where it is a lucrative criminal enterprise.

 It is not clear if Prof Okonjo was held for political or financial gain.

 Dozens of people were reportedly detained on Thursday during the search for Prof Okonjo.

 Earlier this week, Finance ministry spokesman Paul Nwabuikwu said that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala had been threatened recently.

 He confirmed Prof Okonjo's release, but gave no further details, AP news agency reported.
Police spokesman Frank Mba told the AFP news agency Prof Okonjo was "in good health".
Fuel importers
BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross said kidnappings were so common in the country that they rarely made front page news.
Many businessmen, footballers and academics have been kidnapped for ransom in the south in recent months.
In the past, only foreign oil workers used to be targeted, the BBC reporter said.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, 58, is an internationally respected economist who has led a high-profile campaign to clean up corruption in Nigeria, particularly in a controversial fuel subsidy programme.
She has delayed the payment to fuel importers, seeking better verification of claims for subsidies.
Mrs Okonjo is a medical doctor and retired professor of sociology at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka.
Her husband, Obi Chukwuka Okonjo Agbogidi, a retired professor of economics, is the traditional ruler of the Ogwashi-Uku kingdom in Delta State.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala was one of the leading candidates to take over the World Bank this spring.
She was previously the institution's managing-director but lost out to the Korean-American, Jim Yong Kim.

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